The document contains vocabulary words used in sentences to demonstrate their meaning. Some of the words used include cajole, simile, metaphor, denotation, connotation, antipathy, olfactory, assimilate, serendipitous, snafu, officious, enigma, palindrome, microcosm, verbosity, moribund, and acme. The sentences provide examples of how these vocabulary words are used in different contexts.

1. Jackie Costa Vocabulary SentencesPeriod 5

2. Kayla’s Parents cajole her into getting good grades.

3. Sarah always uses the simile “ you eat like a pig”, when referring to her brother.

4. The coach acts ruthless towards the students who are late to practice, even if they have a valid excuse.

5. Whenever it rains, Jennifer’s mom uses the metaphor, the clouds are crying.

6. sorrowful or mournful, is the denotation, of the word sad.

7. Las Vegas holds connotations of gambling and partying.

8. Kayla liked to dream big, her goal in life was to make a googol dollars.

9. Sally felt a strong antipathy towards having sex before marriage. That is why she chose to wear a purity ring.

10. Sarah had a infection in her olfactory organ, so she couldn’t smell the cookies baking in the oven.

11. The teacher tried to assimilate the spelling words into the student’s brains.

12. It was serendipitous that they found money while on their scavenger hunt.

13. The situation was snafu, when Shannon couldn’t find her running shoes, and she had track practice in five minutes.

14. Sally who joined every club, and is involved in many after-school activities, is a very officious person.

15. Kayla’s mom was reading out enigmas, none of the kids could figure them out.

16. The word dad is a palindrome, it is the same spelled backwards.

17. The little girl was building a community out of legos, it was considered a ,microcosm.

18. The movie was really cool !Mr. Gibbs doesn’t like a verbosity. He thinks you can explain your point without using excess words.

19. After he confessed he was the murder, the judge sentenced him to death. He was experiencing moribund.

20. Sally was at her acme, because she couldn’t stand to listen to Kayla any longer.